Nothing more dangerous, a novel, Allen Eskens
Type
Label
Nothing more dangerous, a novel, Allen Eskens
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Nothing more dangerous
Oclc number
1143619551
Responsibility statement
Allen Eskens
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"High-school freshman Boady Sanden dreams of glass towers and cityscapes - anywhere that isn't Jessup, Missouri, where he lives with his widowed mother. But when Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, everything changes. As Boady comes to know the Elgins - a Black family settling into a small town where loyalty to family and to 'your people' carries the weight of a sacred oath - he begins to see the dark secret behind a local African American woman's disappearance. As the mystery of her fate plays out, Boady realizes that nothing in this town is as he took for granted. Up against the stark lines of race and class that both bind and divide, he'll have to reconsider everything he's believed about loyalty, community, and family - and face the fact that defying unspoken rules can quickly become a deadly proposition." -Publishers description